USA US Congress pushes back as Donald Trump sues over Capitol riots probe As the defeated president challenges the investigation into the January 6 insurrection by a violent mob of his supporters, a House committee is moving to hold ex-White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt. 19/10/2021
The Cube US Congress hearing probes misinformation via social media algorithms The hearing "Algorithms and Amplification", scheduled to go before Congress on Tuesday, is the first entirely focused on social media algorithms and how they may amplify misinformation. 27/04/2021
USA Independent commission will investigate Capitol riots, Pelosi says The US Congress will establish an independent commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place in January at the Capitol. 16/02/2021
state of the union Europe's week: 'democracy is not a given, we have to protect it' says French MEP Loiseau The political drama in the United States pushed the COVID situation out of the headlines – for a day or two. It also saw some soul-searching over whether the same divisions could be exploited in Europe. 08/01/2021
no comment US election protests and the storming of Capitol Hill Watch what happened as several thousand people gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to protest the electoral vote and cheer President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud. 07/01/2021
USA In pictures: Guns drawn as lawmakers scramble amid US Capitol breach Pictures captured some of the most jarring scenes ever to unfold in a seat of American political power. 07/01/2021
USA US Congress certifies Joe Biden win after Capitol 'insurrection' The largely routine and ceremonial certification was set to last hours after a group of Republicans in the House and Senate said they would issue objections in certain battleground states. 07/01/2021
USA European leaders condemn 'disgraceful' attack on US democracy European leaders condemned an attack on democracy as chaos unfolded in a country they once relied upon for global leadership. 07/01/2021
USA Trump promises 'orderly transition' after mob storms US Capitol US lawmakers were forced to flee after a pro-Trump mob breached the capitol building. After the session resumed, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell condemned a "failed insurrection". 06/01/2021
USA US Congress overrides Trump's defense bill veto in 'resounding rebuke' It is the first time since Donald Trump became president that the Republican-controlled Senate dismissed his veto. 02/01/2021
USA Donald Trump finally signs $900bn (€737bn) COVID-19 relief package Some experts estimated that 14 million Americans would have lost subsistence payments if the president had failed to sign a bipartisan coronavirus relief bill. 27/12/2020
USA US Congress approves €738 billion COVID-19 relief bill The bipartisan deal, which will also fund the US government until September next year, was passed in both houses of the US Congress on Monday. 22/12/2020
USA Trump and US congress in stand-off over aid as COVID-19 crisis worsens Donald Trump and congressional leaders are trying to pass a new €874 billion package to help the US economy but disagree over COVID-19 testing funds. 21/07/2020
USA George Floyd's brother to Congress: 'stop the pain' of police violence Philonise Floyd called on the US Congress to "stop the pain" and act on police reform, as he testified the day after his brother's funeral. 10/06/2020
View Trump has too much power, and it's ruining the electoral process ǀ View By November, both sides will fear and hate each other just a little more. And somehow, the winner will still have to be the president of all the people. 13/03/2020
USA Florida Congressman wears gas mask for COVID-19 vote "Members of Congress are human petri dishes," he explained to reporters. 05/03/2020
View Trump's Senate acquittal is a reminder that impeachment was always about 2020 ǀ View American democracy is flawed and wounded, but it has still been a check on Trump. And on Election Day, it can be again. 07/02/2020
View Nancy Pelosi tearing up Trump's speech is the tipping point Democrats need ǀ View Why was Pelosi so angry? Maybe it was the fact that Trump is totally getting away with undermining the election. Or maybe it was all the lying. 06/02/2020
USA Impeachment says Trump sought foreign assistance in election The report cited two acts of improper conduct: withholding aid from Ukraine on the condition of investigating a rival, and obstruction of the inquiry. 03/12/2019
View Hearings reveal extent of damage Trump's inflicted on our national security ǀ View These hearings have laid bare just how crippled the staff, systems and structures designed to protect our country really are. 22/11/2019
View Republicans, please don't join in the Democrats' impeachment showboating ǀ View Republicans needs to stay laser-focused on the goal: to show the American people that they, not Democratic politicians, should decide whether Trump leaves office. 18/11/2019
USA 5 things we learned from Marie Yovanovitch's impeachment testimony There weren't any surprises. But Yovanovitch may have helped Democrats paint a bigger picture surrounding the White House's dealings in Ukraine. 15/11/2019
View Trump rages about the impeachment process. But the GOP created those rules ǀ View If Trump is unhappy with how the impeachment process is unfolding, he has mostly Republicans to blame. After all, they are the ones who have written the rules that impeachment investigations follow. 13/11/2019
View Trump staffers have a choice: Loyalty and maybe prison, or betrayal and derision ǀ View The emerging strategy of House Republicans to argue that WH advisers went rogue — without the authorization of Donald Trump — to press Ukraine to provide dirt on a political opponent puts Mick Mulvaney, John Eisenberg, Rudy Giuliani and others in a precarious and even life-changing dilemma. 12/11/2019
View The US Congress’ recognition of the Armenian Genocide goes beyond trying to vex Turkey ǀ View For years accused of being "gagged" by Turkey, a resolution adopted overwhelmingly by the US Congress to recognise the Armenian genocide goes beyond reacting to Turkish actions in northern Syria. 08/11/2019
View Hong Kong protesters shouldn't pin hopes on outsiders to solve their impasse with Beijing ǀ View The decision by the US House of Representatives to pass legalisation tightening up the scrutiny of Hong Kong's autonomy from mainland China could mark a significant inflection point in the continuing impasse between the protestors there and the authorities in Beijing. 25/10/2019
